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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUIRED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC

551 PM EDT SAT JUL 19 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DUPLIN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 845 PM EDT



* AT 551 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL FLOODING 

  DOWNPOURS OVER ROSE HILL...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF

  KENANSVILLE. ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP AND MOVE 

  SLOWLY OVER THIS AREA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. DOPPLER RADAR

  ESTIMATES THAT AROUND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE WARNED

  AREA THROUGH 545 PM...AND ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED.



* FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND AROUND...

   KENANSVILLE.

   GREENEVERS.

   CHINQUAPIN.

   BEULAVILLE.

   CYPRESS CREEK.

   POTTERS HILL.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS 

IMMINENT. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE 

IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR

RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



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LAT...LON 3498 7814 3475 7819 3473 7769 3492 7765

          3504 7776



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